Ed and Ethan
Ed & Ethan 46 The angry present and some fascinating History featuring Tom Woods
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NEWS:
- 5:45 – RCMP Civilian employees face intimidation
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/RCMP+civilian+workers+vulnerable+harassment/7967033/story.html - 10:08 – Big telcos make big profits
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/02/15/business-telus-profit.html - 15:01 – Can drug dealers be made responsible for customer deaths?
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/can-a-drug-dealer-be-held-responsible-for-customers-deaths-1.1153065 - 20:09 – Senator Wallin’s travel bills add up
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Harper+says+nothing+line+with+senator+Wallins+travel/7960219/story.html - 24:40 – We talk to Actor Chad Rook about his 5 year travel ban in the USA.
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Vancouver+actor+handed+five+year+from+entering+after+nine/7941275/story.html
TIM’S RANT: 33:45
Our friend Tim Moen (the Fort Mac Philospher at fortmacphilosopher.blogspot.ca) gives the tax farmers a piece of his mind as he gets mad about passport nonsense.
PANEL: 39:23
This week’s panel includes Garrett Lafferty, a student in Calgary, AB http://www.youtube.com/user/laugholot and Yaël Ossowski, host of the Liberty in Exile podcast at www.libertyinexile.com.
- 40:44 – Is jury duty a privileged?
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/15-people-in-n-s-called-before-supreme-court-after-ignoring-jury-duty-1.1156283 - 49:35 – Standardized testing in schools.
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Students+take+standard+tests/7950911/story.html - 58:01 – Neo Nazi guards employed by Amazon?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/amazon-used-neonazi-guards-to-keep-immigrant-workforce-under-control-in-germany-8495843.html
Interview 1: 1:09:22
Ed and Ethan welcome noted historian, author and senior fellow with the Ludwig Von Mises institute, Tom Woods on to the show to talk about the great depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s new deal and why WWII did NOT bring the United States into a new age of prosperity. If you want to learn more, check out Tom’s educational series of lectures/courses found at www.libertyclassroom.com
Interview 2: 1:35:28
Keeping with our historical focus, Chris Horlatcher (www.mycfoweb.ca) comes one the show to give us the Canadian perspective on our monetary history. Did Canada have a national currency in its first few years? No. Did Canada simply use British currency at the time? Also no. Find out about this, the birth of the bank of Canada and more as we take the time to talk about Canada’s banking history with Chris.
B-LIST: 2:08:00
- 2:11:24 – Bell Canada says consumers are confused about phone subsidies.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/02/14/technology-crtc-wireless-code-day4-bell.html - 2:15:01 – Facebook getting sued by dead patent holder.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/02/12/facebook-sued-over-patents-of-dutch-computer-scientist - 2:20:26 – A free and open source font for dyslexic readers comes under the legal gaze of a patent holder.
http://c4sif.org/2012/10/guy-creates-open-source-free-font-for-dyslexic-readers-gets-copyright-cease-and-desist-threat/ - 2:23:37 – Canadian premiers being given gifts on your dime.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/12/premiers-given-pricey-taxpayer-funded-cheese-boards-whiskey-tumblers-at-july-meeting-watchdog-group/ - 2:27:56 – Cheap transit in Montreal not cheap enough?
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/montreal/Groups+want+cheaper+transit+poor/7961627/story.html - 2:32:59 – Man given medal for community service. Award question because of an act of self defence?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/try-it-now/?articleId=8517999 - 2:36:48 – North Korea might have a nuke! PANIC!
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=303037 - 2:43:22 – Farmers in the UK build state of the art internet infrastructure.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21442348 - 2:45:36 – More headlines.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/15/karen-stintz-wants-to-repeal-new-bylaw-that-would-make-it-illegal-to-ride-bicycles-side-by-side-in-the-city/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2415407,00.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21458094
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-among-canada-s-least-faithful-cities-1.1152451
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/14/ban-on-rum-named-after-porn-star-ron-jeremy-just-another-day-for-canadas-hyper-strict-liquor-laws/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/02/13/toronto-complaint-officer-sex-toys.html